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We’re already pretty much in love with OLED displays, but besides stunning picture quality and low power consumption, when they were first introduced it was promised that one day OLED panels could be actually printed. And that day has finally come.
Konica Minolta has created the first printhead that can be used for electronics manufacturing applications thanks to its incredibly small inkjets that can create drops a mere picolitre in size.
It’s just under 4cm wide, but the company has managed to cram 128 nozzles across its width. The printhead will also be coupled to a system that can position and control the nozzles with pinpoint accuracy, which is pretty vital when you’re laying down pixels.
The new technology isn’t some far-off concept stuck in Konica’s research labs either. Samples will be shipped to manufacturers as early as the spring, meaning that in a few years you could easily print off a new display for your phone in-between copies of that quarterly report. [Konica Minolta via OLED-Display via SlashGear]
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Is it there plan to sell the printhead cheaply and then charge a fortune for the ink?
Will Kodak make the printer a bit more expensive, and charge less for the ink?
I certainly hope that they will still be in business to be able to do this since I have a Kodak at home.
does this mean that if I could feed it with unlimited ink and paper, I could create a display of infinite size?
You’d still need to power it and wire up the hardware/software to drive the display. And even then you would only have a display of infinite length unless you can also wire it to allow separate panels to be joined together.
Will it be HD?
Will ASDA sell 7p animated valentines cards with ASDA ads on them?